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  • They had it act and ready to start running when a D-Notice crunched it to pieces.

    Final Resting Place of The Pen 2010

  • But, by the end of the day, there was a D-Notice slapped on the whole thing, and the Foreign Office contact had handed in his resignation.

    Final Resting Place of The Pen 2010

  • Perhaps the Government should slap a D-Notice on all crime reporting as well, no news is good news in this war of perception after all.

    It’s Official - We Have Gone Insane! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

  • There should have been a strictly enforced D-Notice regarding his activities. jon dee

    Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

  • They reported this last fact, but the D-Notice meant they could not publish the gravy.

    Final Resting Place of The Pen 2010

  • It appears from news reports that a D-Notice was issued following the Quick mistake, and it was respected by UK media organisations as they invariably are, but a view was taken that the police operation needed to be accelerated anyway, as any threat of expected international communication and publication would be outside the scope of the D-Notice.

    On UK censorship, D-Notices, and why Bob Quick's resignation matters Jack of Kent 2009

  • It appears from news reports that a D-Notice was issued following the Quick mistake, and it was respected by UK media organisations as they invariably are, but a view was taken that the police operation needed to be accelerated anyway, as any threat of expected international communication and publication would be outside the scope of the D-Notice.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Jack of Kent 2009

  • Interestingly, the D-Notice committee the politically correct term is DA-Notice, as they are supposedly only advisory has its own website here and one must note that the committee has representatives form new media, such as Google.

    On UK censorship, D-Notices, and why Bob Quick's resignation matters Jack of Kent 2009

  • D-Notice, March 6th, 2009 5: 48pm: β€˜ "Ignored by the media, the forcible Islamisation of an EU country and NATO member appears to be proceeding apace." ... as proven by the actions of a schoolteacher.’

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • Indeed, in my view, had the D-Notice system worked, we would never have known that Quick had even showed official secrets, let alone where, when, and how, the secrets had been disclosed.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Jack of Kent 2009

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